Ex-cop who opened ice cream shop accused of molesting boy

Published March 15, 2012 4:00am ET



A former Dumfries police officer who opened an ice cream shop has been charged with repeatedly sexually abusing a then-teenage boy who attended the middle school where he coached wrestling.

Joseph Ruhren, 41, of Triangle, was charged Wednesday after an investigation that began in August 2010, the Prince William County Police Department said.

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